National Survey on Drug Use and Health

So that was about natural, right? Now let's talk about alcohol alternative.

Based on recent data from 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, NSDUH, which is sort of like nationally representative source of data when it comes to substance use in the U.S., We know that the prevalence of alcohol use is decreasing among young population, which is great news.

We want that to happen.

However, what is concerning is that this trend of introducing sort of new substances as alternate, which inadvertently, you know, might have the potential of even higher risk of addiction or abuse.

And here is the real twist.

The United States government runs a massive annual report called the NSDUH.

That stands for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

It tracks mental health metrics.

And the latest NSDUH data shows youth mental health is actually improving across the country.

Those gains might just be the result of platforms self-regulating.

They saw the legal threat coming.

Now, Christopher Jones, he's at SAMHSA now, but he was at the CDC and he was actually one of the authors of the CDC guideline.

So he says the study led by Christopher Jones showed that a majority of people with prescription opioid use disorder do not misuse their opioids, okay? Sounds alarming until you realize that we came from the NSDUH.

It was a survey notorious for misclassifying medications, excluding illicit fentanyl, asking vague questions that blur the lines of misuse.

And again, it's a recycle tactic.